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The campaign for ALL service workers in public hospitals Latest news 22 December 2010 Negotiations with the District Health Boards and the four contracting companies have started to renew the current SFWU collective employment agreements and win a pay increase for our 3000 public hospital members. The union negotiators have presented the DHBs and contractors with over 20 claims. Read more in our recent newsletter for members The union negotiators have presented the DHBs and contractors with over 20 claims. Read more in…

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SAVE SEALORD WORKERS Put people before profits! More than 160 workers at Sealord’s fish processing plant in Nelson are to lose their jobs through restructuring. The announcement came within days of the Job Summit called by NZ Prime Minister John Key to work out how to save jobs! At a time when unity and collective cooperation between unions, employers and the Government is making headlines, Sealord have demanded that their employees must accept a reduction in wages to increase profits or…

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What we are campaigning for: Government commitment to quality services for people with disabilities An immediate lifting of the Ministry of Health’s interim freeze on disability support funding. Recognition of the historically underpaid position of disability support for an immediate boost to their wage rates.   The SFWU has been organising now for nearly six months to get the Government to lift the Ministry of Health-imposed interim funding freeze on those organisations providing support services to people with disabilities. The…

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Unions Don’t Trust Flip-Flop Brash Posted On: Thursday, 9 December 2004 The annual leave entitlement would be back to three weeks for most workers under the National Party’s plan to give them the “choice” of cashing in the fourth week of leave, Council of Trade Unions vice-president Helen Kelly said today. After vehemently opposing the extra week’s annual leave that was announced by the Government earlier this year National has now changed its mind – but says workers can choose…

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See video from the latest Clean Start New Zealand Actions and Rallys – click here The Clean Start: Fair Deal for Cleaners campaign aims to provide a voice to the low-waged largely immigrant female workforce, in cities across Australia and New Zealand, who are calling on big property owners to support decency in their workplaces. Read more about the Clean Start campaign goals here Read our new 20-page community booklet Cleaners and community: United for Justice CLEANERS AND COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER…

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AN ORGANSING AND CAMPAIGNING UNION E tū – Stand tall On the 7th of October 2015, the Service and Food Workers Union merged with the Engineers Printers and Manufacturers Union to become E tū, the largest private sector union in New Zealand.  Please visit the new website here, and follow us on Facebook andTwitter.   Nominations Are Called for Regional Vice Presidents and Regional Representatives on the National Executive  Watch the New Union Video ‘With One Voice’ Giraffes added to Hamilton Zoo’s herdPosted On: Tuesday,…

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